FALSE ANEURYSM OF A HEPATIC-ARTERY BRANCH AND A RECURRENT SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS - 2 UNUSUAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a safe and effective alternative for open cholecystectomy as treatment of symptomatic chole lithiasis, it may be followed by different complications. Two cases ar e presented with unusual complications after laparoscopic cholecystect omy. One patient was readmitted 11 days after laparoscopic cholecystec tomy with severe upper abdominal pain and a false aneurysm of a branch of the right hepatic artery. The other patient developed a recurrent subphrenic abscess 10 months after the initial operation, which eventu ally was shown to be caused by a lost gallstone. Although these are ra re complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, they should be recog nized as potential causes of recurrent abdominal pain, even months aft er the procedure.